Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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EM? : =tfjj LOCAL DOTS 5 at fi ?Cotton brought 10.75 cents on this market yesterday; cotton seed, 20 ceuts per bushel. The Elgin school taught by Miss Alice Mitchell, of Rock Hill, will open on the 29th instant. ?Mr. J. T. Wylie, the popular manager of the Cloud store, who has been nursing a case of mumps for several days, is able to be up again. ?The Rev. J. Meek White will fill his regular appointments tomorrow at Gills Creek and Pleasant Hill. A full attendance is desired at each church. ?The admission to the present a tinn ,-M ' * v. A?n/ vjiiailUW ill til? school auditorium next Tuesday night will be 15, 25 and 35 cents. Everybody should turn out to see a good play and at the same time help the Lancaster Orchestra, for whose benefit the entertainment is being gotten up. ?The case of J. W. Elms vr. 1 the Southern Power Co., will be called in the court of general sessions at Lancaster the coming week. Mr. Elms will ask for damages in the sum of $10,000 for a broken leg and other injuries alleged to have been received in an accident at Great Falls last February.?Fort Mill Times. ?The light frost of last Sunday morning was followed by heavy, killing frosts Thursday and yesterday mornings. There was also ice the latter mornings. The cold wave seems to have been general, extending all over the country. There was snow in the north and west. Even Virginia was visited by a light snow Wednesday. ?E B. Webster, of Florence, one ot the commissioners appointed in South Carolina to secure the exhibits of the work of colored people for the Jamestown Exposition, is now making a canvass of this county. ii _ ..ii - ne t<uks iniere9'ingiy ot his work and is meeting with encouragement wherever he gOG9. ?Col Leroy Springs and Mr L. C. Harrison, ol Lancaster, came over Tuesday afernoon on the cclonel's motor car ever the Southern's track. /Col. Springs wanted to catch the 1 :55 train to Charlotte, which they held here a while in order that he could catch the first train out ot Charlotte to New York.? Rock 11 ill Record. ?Rev. J. L. Bennett, of Wingate, returned from Pineville last Friday where he had been condncting a five days meeting in the Baptist church. There were seven additions to the church as a result of the meeting. Mr. Bennett accepted a call to the pastorate of Pineville Baptist church. Rev. A. L. Stough ha*- been pastor of this church for a number of years, but on account of failing eyesight has resigned.?Monroe Enquirer. Mr. A. T. Walters, of Mt. Pleasant, has returned home after spending a few days with relatives in this county,his former home. jj^ PERSONAL =^j Dr. WalterTwilty, ol Kershaw, visited Kock Hill this week. Miss Mary Ashe, of Yorkville, is visiting Miss Cornelia Elliott. Mr. Clinton Wise, of Lancaster, is in the city.?Chester Reporter. Mr. E. C. Croxton, of Heath Springs, visited Charlotte this week. Misses Sallie and Jane Dunlap, ot Chester county, visited here this week. Mr. J. L. Bell, of Magill, isited his daughter, Mrs. J. M Cautheu, this week. Mrs J. W. Poovey, of Ridgeway, has been spending a few days with her son, Dr. G. W, Poovey. W. 11. Newbold, E>q., spent yesterday in Lancaster on busi ness connected with the celebrated Morrison case.?Chester Reporter. Miss May me Mackey, who It as been spending the summer in North Carolina, returned home this week. Mrs.G.W. Peale and daughters, ot Chicago, III., have been visiting the former's sister. Mrs. J. J. Lane, and family, of the Dixie section. Miss Emma Lee Nisbet, of Van Wyck, S. C., is viaitiug at the home of Dr. and Mrs. W. 0. Nis bet, on North Tryou street.? Charlotte Observer. Mr. J. Murray Porter, formerly of Lancaster but now a res ident of Monroe, was in town Thursday. lie paid this office a pleasant call while here. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Lleath, of the Quarry, were visitors to Lancaster this week. They were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. McD. Brown while here. Mrs. T. W. McMurray, of the Jacksonham section, spent from last Thursday to yesterday in Kershaw with her sister, Mrs. J T. Dendy.?Kershaw Kra. Miss Maggie Llardee, who lias a stenographer's position in Lan caster, spent from Saturday afternoon until yesterday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M llardee.?Chester Lantern. Mrs. Skipper ft'ins tier Cone in Supreme Court. The Supreme court has decid ed the case of Mrs. Kliza M. Skipper against the Seaboard Air Line Railway, an action for loss of baggage, in tavor of the plaintiff. It will he recalled that at the trial of the case here seme ' months ago Mrs. Shipper recovered a verdict against the rail road comnanv f<?r *stnn no a? r J fUVViW, -XX II appeal was taken by the defem dant company to the Supreme court, which affirmed the decision of the circuit court. School Children Frightened bg a lllack Urate. Some excitement was caused in town this week by the discov' ery by some school childron of n I negro boy concealed under one o! , the outhouses on I lie school i grounds. Two negroes, one named i "Toney" and the other "Paul," were arrested on suspicion hy the police and lodged in the guard' NEW Our Fall Sto ) Re | NEW FALL SILKS. 36-inch Taffetas,comes in navy red, grey, green, gun metal,and are worth 1.25 on any market, 1 our special price is only.... 90c, 36-inch Black Taffeta, splendid wearer and worth 1.25, oui ' special price the yd. only. . 90c, 36-inch Peau de Soie, a verj heavy weight and worth 1.75 special sale price 1.39 36-inch Peau de Soie. a n-rpni 7 ? O seller for this season, at. .. .98c Beautiful line of Plad Silks in season's best colors at 50 anc 75c per yd. They are beauties DRESS GOODS SPECIALS. 36-inch rainproof wool Dress Goods,comes in neat gray check and plaids, special price for this sale only 25c i 38-inch all wool suitings ir the latest styles for fall, specia ( price the yard 50c 38 inch fancy Briliantine bought in a job and never sole for less than 50c, special sak price only 35c 54-in all wool Broadcleths,th< regular 1.00 grade, only.... 75c 1 54-in all wool Broadcloths,the regular 1.25 grade, has a beau tiful finish, sale price 1.00 SHOE VALUES. Never before have we beer . so well prepared to give values % E. E house. Tony was afterwards re leased, but the father of one o the girls who was frightened by the negro at the school house, becoming convinced that Tony was the guilty party, caught him and gave him a thrashing. The other negro boy is still being held, and will be tried tor vagrancy. It is just such acts as that committed by the black scoundrel in this case that provoke the whites oftentimes to take the law into their own hands. Death <>/' Men. tlenlei/ Mrs. Sarah Johnson, wife ol Mr. Henley Johnson, of the cotton mills village, died Thursday j night of pneumonia She was a* out 50 ve n s old and is survived by her husband and twc children. She also leaves tw< hall-brothers, Messrs. Thurlow and Reuben Beckham, ot Lancaster, and a sister in Mississippi Mrs. Johnson was an estimable 1 lady and was liked by all who knew her. She was a consistent i member ot the Baptist church . The burial was at New Hop* yesterday. i ?Mrs. Catherine Massey. the aged mother ot Mr. L J. Massey 1 sustained a very painful injury .IFiiday at her home on Bootl l street. Mrs. Massey, on entering f I the dining room, stumbled ant I fell heavily upon her right arm 1 spraining her wrist in such t ' manner that she has been un< > able to use her right hand since, . ?Fort Mill Timea. FALL ck is Now in ady for Busing in shoes. We bought these goods I before the advance in leather, I j and we give every customer the advantage of the price. For ladies, we call special attention to our Dorothy Dodd and . Duttenhofer line. There is not any better shoe made. Dorothy 'r Dodd prices are 3.00, 3.50 and 4.00. Comes in all the season's best styles. Duttenhofer prices i : are 2.00, 2.50, 2.75 and 3.00. ! These shoes are every pair guar-; anteed to be solid and worth I the money. We have them in the season's her1 styles. Our ' i line of shoes "or ladies at 1.25 \ and 1.50 are tne best that mon5 ey can buy. : MEN SHOES. Boyden Shoes in patent cult, i gun metal and vici kid,the swellI est shoe on the market today for 5.00. Our line of Preston P. Keith Shoes at 3.00, 3.50 and j 4.00 are beauties. They come j in patent colt, vici and gun metal and the correct styles. We ? are also showing a good line of Selz shoes. These shoes are built j on honor and you positively can. not buy a better shoe for the monpv?9 FiO 9 no SCHOOL SHOES FOR THE t CHILDREN. > We have the C. & E. line and I clc Leader in Low Prices. Farmer Across State Line! Loses Heavily by Fire. I Charlotte Observer ol yesterday: II. W. Divis, ot Steele > Creek, bad the misfortune to lose his heme >md its furnishings by tire \es'erday afternoon Mr. Davis ran a commissary in a section of his house; this 1 a so was tun ned. i ? f t J?? He estimates his loss at somethin: like $4,000 or $4 5< 0. lie had $2,500 insurance on the building and the ^contents. He had about $40 or $50 in cash, which was lost in the tire. His wife and children were forced to borrow clothing from friends. I The tire caught in the kitchen and Mrs. Davis and children barely escaped with their lives The house was a frame structure with eight rooms ? | r-< "* " > txecutors bale. ' I will ?ell at public suetion,on .Won- I i day, the 5th (lay of November, 1906, at Lancaster. S. C., at 12 o'clock M., tract j ' of land in Lancaster county, South ' Carolina, containing about 653 acres, known as Tract 4 of the estate lands ' of Julius Mills, bounded north and west by Catawba and Wateree rivers as per plat of VV. K Duren, I>.S.; being tract conveyed by I) A. Williams, clerk of court, to Annie R. Robinson by deed dated the second day of De' cember, 1889, and recorded in Deed I Hook G, pages 3 and 4. Terms cash, or one-third cash and ; the hAlance payable in two equal suc ces?ive annual instalments, with in* Merest from date of ?n?l? j""" ' k-" ... .... . c U ,.J bond of 'he purchaser and motttcnge of the premises. Purchaser to pay for t deed $10 00, and all taxes payable on and after ilannary let, 19J7 All rente dne for this year (11KMI) , are retained by the executor. A.M. I.KK, Executor, Estate of Annie K. Hobiuson, I)ec'd. GOODS o \ X / A ? ? CU l^A VV /-vr t3 3SS. are proud of it. We have handled this line several seasons and find that it gives satisfaction. We guarantee every pair of these shoes to be solid and worth the money. NEW CLOTHING. Never before have we shown as nice a line of clothing as we are showing this fall. Our clothes are made to fit and our prices are guaranteed to be cheaper than you can buy same goods elsewhere. 25 black all wool Thibet suits, in single and double breast, the kind that sells for 12.50, our special price 10.00. GO suits assorted patterns in season's best colors, wear guaranteed or your money back, never sold on any market for less than 12.00, our price 7.50. 25 Worsted suits, assorted styles, in good rich colors,never *11? i - ' * sens lor less tnan ZU.UU, our special price only 16.50. Splendid line of boys' and youths' suits at prices that will mean money saved for you. The prices range from 95c to 5.00 in boys, and 3.90 to $10 in youths. MILLINERY. We are showing a nice line of Ladies' and Misses Hats and we always save you money on these goods. >UD Business Notices. \\\ Notices inserted under this head at tlie rate of ONE CENT A WORD for each insertion. No notice to be counted less than 25 words FOR RENT?Small two-horse farm two miles from town. Two dwellings, good outhouses and well. Apply to W. J. Cunningham, Lancaster, S. C. LOST? On Thursday night, between L. A (!. d-pot and court house square, ladies hand hag. containing: one $10 tnl! and three $1 hills. Reward and no questions asked if returned to The News office. FOR SAI.E?The Alliance Warehouse. Apply to J.K. Nishet, at the Cotton Platform. *2t NOTICE?All persons indebted to me for dental work will please come forward at once and settle for same. J. K. Kutledge, I>.I>.s. tt SEED WHEAT, Oats, Rye and all farm seed at Bennett Grocery Co. 4t a LI. indebted for the Lancaster Ledger will please settle. After.lanuary 1st all accounts will be put in hands of collector. T.S.Carter. 8111. TO FARMERS?Who wish to hold their cotton for a higher price. 1 will insure it at your home tor 10 cents a bale per month; for three months 26 cents per bale. Also a very low rate insurance 011 dwellings, barns, stock, gins and saw mills. .1 E. Taylor, Agent. Lancaster, S.C. COTTON, Cotton Seed, C. S. Meal and Hulls? Give nie a chance at your cotton and cotton seed James Barton will weigh your seed at depot good weight and ready cash. I am located at Peoples Supply Co. See me. Oliver C. Blackmon. FREE Ladies, clip this ad. out, send to me, will send you TEN days' treatment for all Female Complaints, free of eliaree. Ad <lress with stamp, Mrs. M. A. Hilton, Kershaw, S. C. CO I TON SKKD. TFBKEY8, ETC.? I will pay the highest cash price for cotton Heed, At the depot; also, for turkeys and geese J. S. Wilson. SMlt-lm. FOR MAliK Two good milch cows with young calves. Apply to T W. McMurray, Route 1, Lancaster, ?. C.